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Fuente de los Niños Miones
20.6767, -103.3429
Chão Bom, Cabo Verde
Tarrafal Concentration Camp
15.2635, -23.7437
Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Al Qasr Al Ghamedh (Al Qassimi Palace)
25.7421, 55.9361
Agra, India
Statue of Lord Laddu Gopal
27.1951, 78.0212
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma National Stockyards
The largest cattle market on earth holds live auctions open to the public every week.
35.4531, -97.5604
Derby, England
Reform Bill Heads
A public art project to commemorate a tumultuous period in Derby's history.
52.9241, -1.4863
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Railway Museum
A crew of die-hard train buffs spent decades turning a defunct stretch of railway in Oklahoma City into a museum now home to over 50 antique and restored trains.
35.5058, -97.4670
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
First Americans Museum
The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.
35.4584, -97.4841
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Plaza Theatre
After being abandoned for decades, Oklahoma’s first air-conditioned theatre was reborn in the new century.
35.4868, -97.5413
Sherborn, Massachusetts
Emily the Cow Statue
Dedicated to a local cow who escaped a slaughterhouse and became an international symbol of peace.
42.2429, -71.3695
Sioux City, Iowa
Sergeant Floyd Monument
America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
42.4622, -96.3773
Jacksonville, Florida
Norman Studios
The last standing silent film studio in Jacksonville is the last remnant of the city's once-thriving movie industry.
30.3338, -81.5936
Tokyo, Japan
Hanashi Zuka (Grave of Censored Stories)
This “grave” memorializes the 53 rakugo stories that were once banned by the national censorship.
35.7095, 139.7899
San Francisco, California
'Street Whale'
Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.
37.7712, -122.4724
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Space Murals Museum
The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.
32.4205, -106.6099
Tønsberg, Norway
Vikingodden
This one-of-its-kind shipyard brings the 12th-century Viking Age back to life.
59.2648, 10.4078
Veerampattinam, India
Arikamedu
The best-preserved Roman site in India.
11.9012, 79.8201
Velha Goa, India
Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount
This 16th-century hilltop chapel is one of the oldest churches in Old Goa.
15.5045, 73.9233
Wadki, India
Underground Tunnel at Mastani Lake
Once a passageway that led to the Shaniwar Wada palace fort.
18.4201, 73.9977
Chiba, Japan
Kasori Shell Mounds
This prehistoric site is home to the largest shell midden cluster in Japan.
35.6235, 140.1640
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Lower Mississippi River Museum
A free museum that memorializes the deadliest river flood in American history, and the civil engineering efforts to tame the Mississippi River.
32.3534, -90.8819
Riga, Latvia
Remembrance Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation
With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.
56.9466, 24.1063
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